ADHD Imposter Syndrome: Yoga Nidra For Dropping The Mask

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ADHD Imposter Syndrome: Yoga Nidra For Dropping The Mask

by Tarryn DeNolf

Rated

5

Type

guided

Activity

Meditation

Suitable for

Everyone

Plays

16

Feeling like your success is just luck? For women with ADHD, a lifetime of masking often leads to Imposter Syndrome. Your inner critic isn't the truth—it’s an exhausted nervous system bracing for exposure. In this Wellspring Willow practice, we use a specialized Yoga Nidra (NSDR) framework to help you drop the heavy armor of perfectionism and set the mask down. What to Expect: Normalization: Release the exhausting need to over-prepare. The Bilateral Ping: A rapid sensory sweep to quiet the inner critic. Performance vs. Presence: Somatic training to release the physical grip of masking. Somatic Fact-Check: Aphantasia-friendly recall to physically internalize your capability. Kinetic Manual Override: A micro-movement (palms up) to signal belonging. Designed for ADHD/AuDHD brains, this practice avoids complex visualization and anchors you in authentic presence.

Yoga Nidra Somatic Inquiry Stillness In Movement Adhd Imposter Syndrome Self Acceptance Inner Critic Embodiment Nervous System

Meet your Teacher

Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA

Meet your Teacher

Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA

Transcript

Welcome. This is Taryn. And I'm so glad. That you're here. This is a wellspring willow practice. Design specifically. For those moments when you feel like you don't really belong or that you're success. Is only a stroke of luck. If you have spent a lifetime masking your ADHD and trying to appear neurotypical your nervous system. Is likely terrified. Of being. Found out. But the inner critic. That you're hearing. And the tension. You are feeling is not the truth. It is simply an exhaustive. Nervous system. A system that is bracing. And fear of exposure. Today. We aren't going to argue. With the intercredit app. We're just going to set the mask down. Begin by finding a supportive position for the physical body and know that if your body needs to sway. . . Adjust allow it to do so. Without judgment Open your attention now. To the physical boundary of the body Notice how the body is being held. Support it. By gravity. And the earth beneath you. Notice the hands. Heavy. Saw. We'll use a physiological sigh. To instantly signal safety. To the nervous system. Taking a double inhale through the nose. And release it with a long, Slow sigh through the mouth. One more time, A double breath in… and a long, Heavy sigh. You are safe You belong here. YABLA YABLA We'll now set an intent for this practice. I'll offer three short phrases. Pick the one that feels. Easiest for the body to hold. In this moment. I am capable. I am capable of. I am an art. I am an art. Or I am worthy. I am worthy. Once you've chosen your phrase Repeat it silently with me three times. To lock it in. Repeat it now. Again. And one more time. Feel those words. Sinking into your physical core. Like deep roots taking hold in the earth. You don't need to try or force them to be true. I will hold the space entirely. For you. From here. All you need to do. Just follow the sound of my voice. Now we'll move to the bilateral toggle Allow your awareness. To rapidly sway. From side to side. Waving the sides of the body together. Harmonizing. Bring your awareness. To the right eye. The left eye. The right ear. The left ear. Right? Nastro. Left nostril. Right? Cheers. Left cheek. Feel the right side. Of the jar. The left side. Of the jar hold y'all together Resting. Moving to the hands. The right hand thumb. The left hand thumb. Right index finger. Left index finger. Right middle finger. Left middle finger. Right ring finger. Left ring finger right little finger. Left little finger Feel the right palm of the hand. The left palm of the hand. Both palms together now. Resting Moving down to the feet the right big toe. The left big toe. Right second toe. Left second toe. Right third toe. Left third toe right fourth toe. Left fourth toe. Right little toe. Left little toe. Feel the soul. On the right foot. And follow the left foot. Both feet together now. Resting. Feel the entire right side of the body. All right sides. Of the body. The entire left side. Of the body the whole left side of the body. Sense the spine. Woven together. Liking the laugh. And the right. Integrating the body's strain and softness. With enough sway. Depend where you need it. But remaining. Connected. We practice moving between opposites. Are going to explore. In a physical way I'm asking. Of performing. And the relief. Of letting it all go. Being present. As the whiteness. First. Their performance. Bring your awareness. To the happy now. In the body the heaviness brought on by the physical grip of holding yourself. Tightly together. By the constant bracing of the nervous system. Notice the tension. In the face shoulder. The exhausting mental effort of ever preparing. Of trying to appear perfect. Of constantly tracking. How others might see you. Experience this. Fully. And it's not bad. It is simply how your body has learned. To protect you. You are just observing. The performance the Presence. Let go of the performance completely. Shift your awareness to the sensation of taking up space. Without having to earn it. Of embodying your innate worth. Of being seen. For who you truly are. Notice the softening. Of the shoulder Feel the comfort. Of your body. Being held. By the earth. Feel the achievement. Of belonging. Just as you are. You don't have to perform. You can simply exist. Now. The tug-off. Move back to the performance. Build heavy effort. For just a moment. Back to the presence. Feel the lightness. Of being in your authentic. The performance. The presence. Now. The integration. Notice that you can hold your natural gaps and abilities that you can. Truly be yourself. Without the heavy effort of perfectionism. You are the space. That hold power. The performance. And the presence. You are the observer. Choosing to simply witness. Now. So does any fear of the future and set aside. The inner critic. We're going to do a somatic Fact check. I invite you to recall the physical sensation. Of a time when you were really hard. And succeed at. You made yourself proud. You don't need to remember the details. Simply invite the bodily sensations. Of that accomplishment. Into your chest. Into your core. Feel the warmth of capability. Feel the silence. Undeniable way. Of your own intelligence. And scale. Notice the steady rhythm of the heart. When you feel alive. Breathe. Into this undeniable physical truth your success. Was not an accident. Your body remembers. The effort the scar. And the accomplishment. Breath. In this war. This success. Belongs to you. To you. It is inherently yours. To claim. Now. We'll perform our manual override. Break the habit of shrinking and formally accept. With confidence. Our ability to take up space. Bring all of your focus. To the palms of the hands. Allow them to rest face down. Beside you. Or on your lap. And without moving them. Just feel the potential. For movement. Gathering there. And the palms of the hand. In a moment. I will count down. From three to one. On one. You'll hear a chime. I want you to gently turn both of your palms to face upwards. With that chime. This is tiny. Deliberate movement. As a somatic signal. Of receiving. Of accepting praise. Of owning your space. And of being seen. Bombs upward. The override is complete. The way this left it. As your hands. Rest open. Call back your intention. From the beginning of our practice. I am capable. I am enough. I am worthy. Let your body. . . Here at one last time. Without needing to prove it. Let that open energy travel. Take a deep breath in. . . And with the exhale. . . Allow the shoulders to drop. You don't have to prove your worth today. You only have to carry. The singer. Anchored breath. Back into your authentic life. Well done this moment. Is a return. To your authentic.